Proverbs 1:12

let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol ·Place of the dead·, 2 and whole, like those who go down into the pit (of Abbadon, the unrighteous side of Sheol). 1

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In The King James Version

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

In Context

11If they say, “Come with us, 2 Let’s lay in wait for blood; 2 let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 1

13We’ll find all valuable wealth. 2 We’ll fill our houses with plunder. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 26:10and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korach [Bald one, Frost], when that company died; at the time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.

Psalms 28:1To you, Adonai, I call. 2 My rock, don’t be deaf to me; 2 lest, if you are silent to me, 2 I would become like those who go down into the pit (of Abbadon, the unrighteous side of Sheol). 1

Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. 2 All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. 1

Psalms 124:3then they would have swallowed us up alive, 2 when their wrath was kindled against us; 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:11-20

Parental Admonitions. 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to… Read the whole commentary →

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